The AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians and patients. Learn more about preventing illness this holiday season.
Can non-physician care team members respond to patient messages? Learn more with the AMA's Debunking Regulatory Myths series.
The AMA provides regulatory clarification to physicians and their care teams in an effort to aid physicians in their day-to-day practice environment.
Understand the evolving field of health systems science and acquire the necessary tools and skills to successfully share this approach with medical students.
The goal of the Reimagining Residency grant program is to transform residency training to best address the workplace needs of our current and future health care system.
If your M1 transition’s been rocky, you’re not alone. Show yourself the same compassion you show classmates, says AMA member Suzanne J. Templer, DO.
Virginia Skiba, MD, of Henry Ford Health, started her career in neurology but switched to sleep medicine after about a decade. Find out why.
Two doctors who helped build a work group to boost onboarding at Atlantic Health System share what residents transitioning to practice should focus on.
To perform at your best on the night shift, resident physicians should follow the evidence on what works. One tip: Drink your java at the right time.
Learn about the current state of competition in health insurance markets across the U.S. and review in-depth analysis on market concentration.
Discover the AMA's position on health insurance mergers and why the AMA believes fewer insurance carriers undermine physician practices and harm patient care.
ChangeMedEd® is a national conference that brings together leaders and innovators to accelerate change in medical education across the continuum. Learn more.
Build a framework for the implementation of AI in practice during this seven-month shared learning collaborative launching April 2025.
Review the dates for future Annual and Interim Meetings of the AMA House of Delegates and AMA policy on meeting locations.
Download PDFs of the proceedings from the 2024 Annual Meeting of the House of Delegates.
Apply for a leadership position by submitting the required documentation by the deadline.
Download PDFs of reports on this topic from the Council on Medical Education presented during the AMA Interim and Annual Meetings.
Take on a leadership role in the RFS and make an impact on issues facing residents and fellows, patients and the medical profession.
Find the agenda PDF, documents and more for the 2024 APS Interim Meeting on Nov. 8 at the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort, Orlando, Florida.
Find a calendar listing the upcoming meetings of the CPT Editorial Panel.
AMA participates in health care conferences and events held throughout the U.S.A. as well as internationally.
Get the latest on what's being done to prevent type 2 diabetes. With prediabetes on the rise, the need for knowledge on Type 2 diabetes grows. Stay up to date with all the news on type 2 diabetes prevention at the AMA.
The number of U.S. adults reporting a diagnosis of diabetes more than tripled over the past two decades, according to a study published this month in the New England Journal of Medicine. At the same time, the rates of all five major diabetes complications declined significantly, suggesting the importance of screening and prevention work.
The AMA’s partnership with the YMCA of the USA—part of the AMA’s Improving Health Outcomes initiative—connects physicians with local YMCAs that offer an evidence-based diabetes prevention program.
As a family physician, I am no stranger to diabetes and prediabetes—the disease afflicts far too many of my patients. The same holds true for every other primary care doctor.
Do your patients know their risk for diabetes? They may be among the 89 percent of U.S. adults who have prediabetes but don’t even know it. This Tuesday is American Diabetes Association (ADA) Alert Day.
With type 2 diabetes reaching epidemic proportions in the United States, it's crucial for physicians to screen for prediabetes and partner with community organizations to improve health outcomes.
Updated diabetes care guidelines place emphasis on the A1C blood test when testing for diabetes, a shift that could help physicians standardize diabetes screening and prevention with the consistent use of one primary test.
In honor of Black History Month, make sure your African American patients understand the importance of getting checked for kidney disease, diabetes and hypertension.
